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Discharge your duties with patriotism, minister tells new agency heads
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Discharge your duties with patriotism, minister tells new agency heads
13th January 2024
The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has congratulated the 11 newly appointed heads of agencies under the ministry and charged them to show diligence, patriotism and professionalism in line of duty.
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, appointed Directors General of agencies under the ministry.
Prominent appointees in the list included popular music producer, Obi Asika who is the new Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Kannywood, and Ali Nuhu, who is now expected to head the Nigerian Film Corporation as Managing Director.
Musawa, in a statement released on Saturday, applauded Tinubu, describing the appointments as timely, to fulfill the mandate of the ministry.
“The minister charged the newly appointed heads of agencies to hit the ground running and discharge their duties with diligence and patriotism to ensure maximum contributions to the creative economy,” the statement noted.
The Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy was created by Tinubu’s administration in August 2023.
The ministry’s agenda according to its minister will focus on repositioning the creative economy while prioritizing the integration of arts, culture, and creative content onto digital platforms, harnessing technology to create new revenue streams.